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Tell Me a Story!: The Craft of Storytelling for All Ages Jopesh Velasco
MCC THEATER
Learn the craft of storytelling in this entertaining and interactive workshop for children ages 7 and up. Using movement, music, and multicultural folktales from around the world, participants will learn how to bring stories to life in new and exciting ways.
Race Matters Series
Is the 'Post' in Post-Racial the 'Blind' in Color-Blind? Ian Haney López
MCC LOUNGE
Ian Haney López's current research examines the emergence and operation of colorblindness in U.S. constitutional law as a harbinger of a new racial ideology aimed at legitimating and preserving the racial status quo. Asking whether the “post” in post-racial is the “blind” in colorblind, Haney López will lead a conversation on current racial politics, in particular the liberal evasion of race. Ian F. Haney López is the John H. Boalt Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches in the areas of race and constitutional law. He has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, as well as at Yale and Harvard law schools. Haney López has published ground-breaking work in the study of the social and specifically legal construction of race in two books, White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race and Racism on Trial: The Chicano Fight for Justice.
Cup of Culture
Blacking-Up: Hip-Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity
MCC THEATER
This ambitious and hard-hitting documentary looks at the popularity of hip-hop among America’s white youth. It asks whether white identification is rooted in admiration and a desire to transcend race or if it is merely a new chapter in the long continuum of stereotyping, mimicry, and cultural appropriation. Does it reflect a new face of racial understanding in white America or does it reinforce an ugly history? Robert A. Clift, 57 min., English, 2010, USA.
Race Matters Series
The 'Down Low': Perceptions of Race and Sexuality Darnell J. Bradley
MCC LOUNGE
By now everyone has heard about the 'Down Low' phenomenon. 'Down Low' is a term associated with men who have sex with other men, while maintaining heterosexual relationships with women. A number of books and movies have been produced around the activities of these men; however, they have only added to the confusion and misunderstanding of what the 'Down Low' label actually means. In this forum, we will share ideas and research about why this term adds to the age old racist misconception of minority males as sexual deviants, and how if the term is allowed to gain more momentum it will severely weaken the fight against HIV/AIDS. Darnell J. Bradley, Ed.D. is an Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, WI. Over the last 12 years Dr. Bradley has been involved in student affairs as an administrator in Greek Life, Leadership, Volunteerism, and Multicultural Education. His research revolves around the experiences of students of color, LGBT, and fraternity/sorority life.
Co-sponsored by the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity and the Women’s Center.
